making a web server...[solved]

niamain · Last edited by niamain on Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:35 am; edited 1 time in total

i would like to make a web server atm i am trying to get gnome dl but after i do that what do i need to get and or do to get thing up and running my gentoo box is behide a router btw will this cuase any problems?

is there a site for where a noob can go to that will explian thing step by step on how to make a web server?

thx for the help
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indynet · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: making a web server...

Cybersorcerer · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

Hi,

the minimum you need to do is to setup port forwarding rules on your router to route access to port 80 and 443 from the internet to your gentoo box.
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niamain · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

ok cool thx ill give that a try
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niamain · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:10 am Post subject:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 start

You should see something like this -
*Starting apache2...
apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

mine does this also how do i setup a domainname i may have missed this step in the setup

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niamain · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:39 am Post subject:

that site (http://benstrawbridge.com/worklogs/index.php?pg=lamp) you gave me says this:

Restart Apache as described above. Create a new file in the apache root directory with a php extension. Add the following code to that page: i had to add a space between the brackets and the ? on both sides for display purposes (i'm too lazy to fix it now) so don't add spaces when you create this page.

but i dont see anywhere where it says how to restart apache.

and im not sure how to create a new file in the apache root dir.
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